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Sir Roger Gale vs Alison McGovern

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich
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Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Alison McGovern voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 971 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 917 different votes 971 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
7 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 30 No
Trade 9% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 15 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
43 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 115 shared votes
69 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 27 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
430
+286.5 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
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